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The airplane departed Saint-Yan AFB on a raid over a BMW factory in Munich. Following a flight of 6 hours and 50 minutes and while returning to his base at an altitude of 5,000 metres, the crew was forced to land due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft crash landed in a field and was totally destroyed. All seven crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Adj/C Barbazange, pilot,
Lt Corriol, Chief,
Lt Gillet, navigator,
Sgt/C Bernard, mechanic,
Adj Moreau, air gunner,
Cpl/C Barberain, air gunner,
Sgt/C Cantisi.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Amiot 143 in Genouilly

Date & Time: May 30, 1940

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Amiot 143

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E-301

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1936

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En route, the pilot Lt Hamel was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a pasture near Genouilly. All five crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Farman F.222.2 in Saint-Yan

Date & Time: May 11, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Farman F.220/F.224

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L-218

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Romilly-sur-Seine - Saint-Yan

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1940

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The airplane was transferred from Romilly-sur-Seine to Saint-Yan. On approach, it was mistakenly shot down by the French Flak and crashed near the airport. The crew fate remains unknown.

Probable cause:

Mistakenly shot down by the French Flak.

Crash of a Bloch MB.200 in Le Breuil

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1939

Type of aircraft:

Bloch MB.200

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E-932

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Avord - Istres

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En route from Avord to Istres to transfer the squadron, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy snow falls. All three crew decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Le Breuil, four km east of Le Creusot. All three crewmen from the 51st Bomb Squad were uninjured.